Improvement in beds



J. L. MQKEEVER.

Bed.

Patented July 15,1879.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

rLPETERs, PHOTO-UTHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE JAMES L. MOKEEVER,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 217,632, dated July 15,1879; application filed December 20, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES L. MoKEEvER, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Bed, of which the followingis a specification.

Figure l is a plan view, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section taken on line at a in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention is applicable to beds of all kinds, but it is moreparticularly adapted to cots or portable beds.

The invention consists in a bed or cot having parallel sides and roundedends, and in a hinged coyer of wire or other netting supported by aframe which is similar in form to the frame of the bed.

The object of the invention is to construct a light strong bed having aprotective covering of wire-netting to be used in hospitals and sickrooms for the protection of patients against flies and other insects. Itis also in tended for use as an outdoor bed in warm countries.

Referring to the drawings, A is the frame of the bed, which is composedof two bent pieces, B B. forming the semicircular ends, and the straightpieces 0 O, which are secured to the straight ends of the bent pieces,forming straight rigid sides.

Rods D extend across the frame near each end. Upon these rods the legs Eare pivoted, and a support is formed for the slats F, which support themattress, the latter having semicircular ends which conform to the endsof the frame A. The legs E, at each end of the frame, are connected by arod, a, and each leg is provided with a slotted brace, 1).

Instead of making the frame A of several pieces, as above described, itmay be made of a single strip of .wood bent into the required form.

A frame, G, which is similar in all respects to the frame A, is placedupon the frame A, and held in place by dowels g at the sides and hooks cat the ends. To the head of the frame G, at the juncture of the straightand curved portions, an arched or bent piece, H, is secured, at rightangles to the upper surface of the frame, and to it is secured awire-gauze hood, which is also secured to the head of the frame G.

The movable cover I consists of the bent piece 01, which extends fromthe piece H to the foot of the frame G, the two upright arched pieces 0j, and the wire covering 9 h. This cover is pivoted to the arched pieceH near the frame G, and to one of its pivots is attached a lever, J, foropening and closing the cover. The cover fits tightly down upon theframe G and over the arched piece H when it is closed, and when it isopened it assumes the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Thecover is easily operated from the inside, and, while it permits of afree circulation of air, it effectually excludes insects.

The form of the bed-frame renders it very strong and durable, as endjoints are avoided, and it permits of the use of little material in itsmanufacture. When the cover is removed the bed may be used as anordinary cot.

I am aware that a woven wire-cloth cradlebody with a pivoted wire hood,or one consisting of separate end pieces, is not new; also, that it isold to support a wooden cradle by upright ribs, or to make a cradle withsemicylindrical frame covered with wire-cloth, pivoted to a head andfoot rail; but What I claim as new and of my invention 1s Thecombination, with the frame B B (J 0, having slats supported oncross-bars D D, of the frame G, secured detachably thereto and providedwith a netting whose longer section turns over the shorter one, as shownand described.

JAMES L. MGKEEVER.

Witnesses GEo. M. HOPKINS, O. SEDGWIGK.

